Download - An Open Collaboration Framework Thomas D. Uram [email protected] Argonne National Laboratory
Access Grid 2 Success Downloads
6000+ (outside Argonne) Certificates
8000+ certificate requests 53 countries
Venue Servers 10+ external to Argonne Run by large organizations, small collaborations
Platforms Windows, OSX, Linux (Gentoo, Slackware,
FedoraCore, FreeBSD, RedHat, SuSE) Large deployer of Globus software
Deploying projects WestGrid
80+ personal nodes UC ASCI Flash Center LEAD Project
Weekly meeting with 10+ sites
Advanced Biomedical Collaboratory In-hospital and intra-
hospital collaboration HPC Europa
Advanced Photon Source Enable remote
researchers to participate in experiments
National Fusion Collaboratory Communications among
control room staff and with remote researchers• 100+ personal nodes
TeraGrid Multiple weekly meetings
involving 10+ sites, each with multiple participants
Third-party development AGSchedule, NCSA
Click to join meeting Video Presence, ANU rcbridge, ANU AGDeviceControl, ANU MPEG4 support, NCHC
(Taiwan) SharedDesktop,
WestGrid SharedVizServer,
WestGrid Venue Customizer,
WestGrid/SFU MPEG4 (NCHC Taiwan)
Positional audio,BostonU AGJuggler, Purdue Univ. AGConnector, KISTI/GIST HD/DV support, KISTI/GIST OSX vic port, UQueensland MLB (whiteboard)
integration, UQ Screen streaming; meeting
recorder, Manchester University (UK)
MAST, Reading University (UK)
Others…
Access Grid 3 Standards-based
Proven tools and protocols
Improved performance Improved stability Interoperability
Platform independence
Ease developer integration
Open license
GSI replaced by SSL throughout
New SOAP implementation, with WSDL support Interoperability Facilitates client
development XML Event
distribution Interoperability Performance
Access Grid 3 Jabber-based text chat
Established standard Interoperable with large
Jabber client base• iChat•GoogleTalk
Access Grid 3 Integrated FTPS data storage
Stability of established standard Interoperability with third-party
clients
Access Grid 3 Certificates optional for clients
Streamlines startup for users Improved user experience
Persistent user preferences Simpler, richer venue navigation
• Tree-based view of venue space• View all venues on server
Improved device support Integrated scheduling interface
Access Grid 3 Network monitoring
Multicast detection Integrated per-Venue multicast
beacon client Multicast connectivity
viewer• Similar to RAT reception
quality matrix
Next-generation multicast bridging Easier firewall handling Available in all venues, not just select ones
More information Upcoming events
Access Grid Retreat• May 2006, Ann Arbor, MI
Monthly Townhall Meetings• ~ First Tuesday of each month
Weekly Test Meetings• Thursdays 10am Central
Access Grid home page www.accessgrid.org
Access Grid portal AGcentral.org
Acknowledgments Access Grid Team at Argonne National
Laboratory and The University of Chicago Susanne Lefvert Eric Olson
Department of Energy Core AccessGrid Toolkit
National Science Foundation Network Services
FusionGrid Access Grid OSX port